Inside the Process: How the Work is Made

My work is grounded in a research-based process that begins with sustained attention to place and advances through reflection, material negotiation, and restraint. Travel functions as primary research, with sensory and cultural observations internalized rather than illustrated, allowing geography to shape perception before it informs form. Painting unfolds through layered construction and erasure that mirror geological and mnemonic processes, where time, pressure, and presence determine what remains. Color operates sensorially rather than descriptively, structuring atmosphere and movement instead of representation. Each finished work serves as a record of presence, holding the imprint of lived experience and affirming that land, memory, and meaning are formed through accumulation.